University Transfer Students

Spring 2024 or Fall 2024 Incoming Students

Students transferring from any accredited community college as their last institution attended are eligible. If your last institution attended was a community college, regardless of previous attendance at other institutions, you will be evaluated as a community college transfer student and cannot be considered for any freshman or university transfer scholarships. Automatic consideration upon admission. Check your USM email address and the GO System to accept any available offers.

Students must transfer within one year of enrollment at their previous institution.

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Spring Deadline: January 15

• Must be fully admitted with all final college transcripts processed by the Office of Admissions
• All Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships applications submitted in the GO System.
  Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions. 

Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions. 

Fall 2024 Deadline: August 1

• Must be fully admitted with all final college transcripts processed by the Office of Admissions
• All Transfer Designation-Based Scholarships applications submitted in the GO System.
  Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions. 

Initial offers may change as updated transcripts are submitted to the Office of Admissions. 

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Can only be combined with the Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award Scholarship.

Students whose last institution is a 4-year institution do not qualify for Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships or any other community college transfer award. 

Scholarship automatically renews if the student maintains a 2.5 USM cumulative GPA and 15 USM credit hours each fall and spring semester. Failure to meet these stipulations results in immediate cancellation of the scholarship. 

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Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award - $2,000

• Application must be submitted in the GO System before the stated deadlines with proper documentation to be considered.
• Must have a transfer cumulative gpa of 3.25 or higher
• Must have between 48-119 transfer cumulative hours
• Awarded for 2 years (4 consecutive fall/spring semesters)
• $2,000 Total ($1,000 Annually at $500 per semester)
• Scholarship automatically renews if the student maintains a 2.5 USM cumulative GPA and 15 USM credit hours each fall and spring semester. Failure to meet these stipulations results in immediate cancellation of the scholarship. 

Transfer Eagle Scout/Gold Award can be combined with the University Transfer Academic Scholarship.